A short handed Hurricane line up worked very hard all weekend in the 12 team tournament on route to winning their division.  The road to winning the division included players playing other positions, many extra shifts and quick recovery to go back out there with more high energy shifts.  On Friday morning the Hurricanes made a big comeback after being down early 3 - 0 to score five unanswered goals to beat Newbridge Academy 5 - 3.  On Friday evening, a battle for the entire game against the Nova Jr. X- Men resulted in a 2 - 2 tie.  On Saturday evening, a high tempo game against the Dartmouth Ice Dawgs resulted in a 3 - 2 win for the Hurricanes to clinch their division in the tournament.

Saturday evening during the tournament awards ceremony, Assistant Captain and veteran defenseman Mitch Baker was named to the Tournament All Star team.  Congratulations Mitch !

On Sunday morning, the 3 division winners + a wildcard team qualified for the semi-finals. The Hurricanes played the high flying Bubba Rays Bay Gulls who won their respective division in a fast paced contest to try to earn a berth in the finals. Despite outshooting the Gulls and having numerous quality scoring chances, the Gulls goaltender answered the call.  All Hurricane players did all they could to score but could not overcome the 2 - 0 lead by the Gulls. With an empty net to try to put some pucks in, the Gulls managed an empty netter to make the final 3 - 0.  The Bay Gulls went on to win the Pictou County Memorial Tournament.  

A great effort and character was on display by our goaltenders, defense and forwards battling through injuries to play a solid weekend of hockey.  Great job !